Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
74/100
CBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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World
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Small plane makes emergency landing on highway east of Edmonton
No injuries reported as Cessna 172 touches down with 2 people on board
Alberta RCMP say a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a highway east of Edmonton early Wednesday.
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plane → make → Edmonton
RCMP say a Cessna 172 plane, with two people on board, touched down on Highway 21 in Strathcona County and came to rest in the southbound lanes between Highway 16 and Baseline Road.
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plane → say → Highway
Police say the call came in around 1:30 a.m. and officers were dispatched to the scene.
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officers → say → scene
There were no reports of other injuries or of any collisions between the aircraft and vehicles on the highway, RCMP said.
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RCMP → be → highway
In an interview Wednesday, RCMP Const. Sandra Geiger said the occupants of the plane, a pilot and a passenger, were not injured.
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occupants → say → plane
It's unclear if any vehicles were on the highway when the plane touched down, she said.
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she → touch → highway
"When the initial call out came in, there was no vehicles involved, which is a rather good thing," she said.
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she → come → ?
"I think part of that might have been the time of day in terms of the involvement.
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part → think → involvement
But I don't know if there was any vehicles that had to avoid the area."
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that → know → area
Alberta RCMP remained at the scene throughout the morning and the highway was closed for hours.
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highway → remain → hours
As of 7:30, the highway had been reopened to traffic after the plane was moved east off the highway and pushed onto the shoulder of a nearby range road.
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plane → reopen → road
The four-seat, single-engine, fixed wing aircraft — painted red and white — showed no apparent signs of damage.
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aircraft → paint → damage
RCMP say the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has been alerted to the incident and is expected to lead the investigation.
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Board → say → investigation
In a statement to CBC News Wednesday, officials with the TSB said the aircraft lost engine power and was unable to maintain flight.
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aircraft → say → flight
The forced landing on the highway happened around 1:15 a.m., resulting in no damage to the aircraft and no injury to the pilot or passenger.
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landing → force → pilot
The agency said it has no plans to deploy investigators to the scene but will continue to collect information and assess the circumstances of the forced landing.
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it → say → landing
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